The God of Ideas-- Where does yours live?

I've had an idea for a new book rolling around inside my head for a few weeks. It came to me while I gave Gooser a bath. It's a good one, but still vague, and I've had a hard time turning it from an idea into an actual story.

But as I was doing my hair the other day, it came to me. My brain whirled and clicked as bits of the story began to gather. It still has a long way to go, but it's a lot better than the almost nothing I had before.

That's one reason I don't (always) grumble about doing mindless daily chores. While my hands are occupied with dishes or a mop or a comb, my brain is free to run wild. And for me, for some reason, the bathroom is the best place for my brain to do that. I guess it really is like my husband says: things make more sense in the shower.

So, my friends, where do you get your best ideas? What activity, time of day, or place brings out the God of Ideas in your life?

During my freshman year of college, mine was definitely a bathroom-muse. I often ran back to my dorm room in my bathrobe because Genius had Just Struck!Now my muse is even less kind. I get my best ideas when I'm far from my computer (or when I've just turned it off), and I've found that the best place for that is my car (usually when I'm on the freeway).

I get mine either while I'm driving or when I'm in bed. Sometimes the ideas come as soon as I turn off the light to go to sleep (I swear, it's like a magic switch sometimes) and sometimes they come in my dreams. It depends.

I get my ideas from my dreams, and memories from my early childhood. I spent most of it dreaming about dragons, castles, unicorns, and princes with swords so it definetly goes well with the genre I write which is fantasy. :)

In the shower and most often in my car (when I'm with NO kids in tow :-))

Since I started writing, when I'm alone in the car, I don't even turn on the radio very often because I just like to get lost in my thoughts whatever they may be and most times, it's regarding a wip or and idea for a new one.

The idea for my next book came as my sister and I were returning from a fishing trip. She asked what book I planned to write next, and I told her that I thought I'd have a woman fishing on the Snake River and her hook gets caught on the boot of a dead man in the willows.

Um...blow drying my hair is a good one. I keep a pad of paper right there for just that reason. Driving (but only when I'm alone. The kids are chatty when they're with me). And of course the shower. Oh, and when I'm watching movies.

I guess ideas pop in here and there, I just have to reach out and catch them!